to help schools in need. we'll tell you how this campout gets the students read you to head back to class. >> but first, weather watch 12. here's a live look at doppler 12 radar. rain has been moving through overnight. more is on the way and that's prompting a flash flood watch across much of our area. >> good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm toya washington. >> and i'm tim elliott. you are not melinda davenport. >> no, i i checked her facebook page. >> is she up? >> yes. melinda and ben are off today. it's 4:30 on this friday, august -- it is 5:30. i am even messed with up this. 12th. >> it is good news we are seeing this rain and we have the threat

the torrential rains this afternoon. not a lot of rain overnight, just spotty showers right now on the radar network. we watch for the thunderstorms developing later this morning and this afternoon and into the evening. the day planner forecast is looking like this, mostly cloudy skies in milwaukee. take the umbrella. showers and storms this afternoon and evening and a couple pockets of we look at the weekend forecast and a big drop in humidity. >> the choper is parked this morning because of the rain. if you are headed out, take it easy, the pavement is wet. no troubles through downtown right now. system wide we are green, that

now. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> thank you. >> new from overnight, a pedestrian hit and killed in milwaukee. it happened around 10:00 last night near 91st and appleton. police tell wisn 12 news several people called 911 saying they saw a woman get hit by a vehicle. that vehicle is described as a small black suv. anyone who knows what happened or where the suv is, is asked to call police. >> looking ahead, this weekend milwaukee will honor a little mike anderson is live at the police headquarters where the search for the child's killer continues. good morning, mike. >> good morning, tim. it has been more than three months since jenkins was shot in a home. while the police continue to search for the killer, the community is planning a way to remember her.

happened on may 5. 40 shots were fired outside of the home. multiple rounds went into the home and hit the little girl. since then the friends and family held peace marches in the neighborhood and now they are building a peace garden and hope it is a safe place for the kids to spend time. meanwhile a reward is offered, $65,000, for information leading to an arrest. reporting live mike anderson "12 news this morning." >> thank you, mike. >> right now, an investigation is underway into a wisconsin veteran's suicide. 33-year-old brandon ketchum from wisconsin dells killed himself last month after a va psychiatrist reportedly refused to admit him for in-patient treatment. this happened at the va center in iowa city. this morning, the va inspector general is reviewing the case to determine if the va is at fault for ketchum's death.

donald trump's running mate mike pence stopped in milwaukee. this came just one day after a new poll from the marquette law school showed trump losing ground with wisconsin voters. wisn 12 news asked pence about those polls. he told us that trump's campaign isn't worried. >> well, it's a long time 'til election day. it's still very early in this election cycle. you're going to see the polls ebb and flow, but i think what's going to carry the d a message for how we make america strong again at home and abroad. i mean donald trump is committed to rebuilding our military. to having america standing strong on the world stage again. >> during pence's speech in downtown milwaukee, several protesters interrupted. they were removed from the

tim,kaine is coming to wisconsin on monday. >> later today, a filmmaker takes on the tobacco industry in milwaukee. the film looks at the relationship between tobacco companies and milwaukee's african american community. lincoln mondy will be at the saint mark ame church tonight presenting his project called "black lives, black lungs." mondy says african americans are more likely to suffer from tobacco related diseases. >> new from overnight, people are waking up on milwaukee's streets right now in an effort to students. a small group of activists spent the night and morning outside near mlk and north. they're collecting money and school supplies for milwaukee students in need. we talked to organizers early this morning about why they want to help. >> so many times teachers have to pay out of their own pocket to buy supplies for students and everything and there's a lot of parents who can't afford supplies.

>> the donations will go to both pierce and martin luther king junior elementary schools. the sleep over continues until 7:00 a.m. >> big accomplishment for the brewers, they scored a run in every inning. the final score was 11-3. >> wisn 12 news time now is 5:36. wards. i am now getting into the flow. a suspect in a courtroom makes an impression on the judge. >> plus, if you have noticed shooting stars, it is thanks to a meteor shower. >> first, we are foming breaking news, milwaukee police searching

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>> welcome back to "12 news this morning." starting the day with mainly cloudy skies in southeast wisconsin. a few showers and storms overnight. all that is the left a couple of sprinkles and a handful of light showers in the southern part of the state. we are watching for the showers and storms developing in iowa and southwestco arriving to us in the afternoon and evening. outside of the weather window, mostly cloudy. 77 degrees. look at how sticky it is out there. dew .74. it is extremely humid for the day. fiemly for the weekend, the number is going to drop. there is a flash flood watch in effect through mid night. overall the rain is beneficial

i will tell you how much we are expecting coming up. >> well, probably too cloudy to star gaze over night. >> last night and tonight are the peak of the annual shower. every august, there are an average of 100 meteors an hour. but this year, forecasters say there could be 200 every hour. so if you're outside tonight and if it's clear enough, look up and you could see it for yourself. >> a suspect decides to show off his dance moves in a florida courtroom. >> this is from the what were you thinking trial. >> he thought the judge wasn't watching so he started twerking to get her attention. here it comes. brace yourselves, folks. >> take a look at the face. it was caught on camera. 30-year-old calvin griffith is

that is serious stuff. death stare there. the judge was not amused with his antics. she set his bond at more than $18,000. that's steep. >> that is what you get. >> charged with stealing a car and terrible dancing. >> thousands of people are in rio right now for the olympics. >> they're getting a taste of the games and a taste of brazil. what mealtime means for the touris >> plus, a stowaway on a frontier airplane. how a monkey got on board without the airline knowing and why the animal's owner isn't in

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>> welcome back to "wisn 12 news this morning." it is 5:45 on this friday, august 12th. here's a live look at doppler 12 radar. we had rain as you see pushing through the area. it is muggy out there. the dew point is above 70. you call air you can wear. >> yeah, it is thick out there.

we have a few more showers and storms on the way. down in racine mainly cloudy at this time. we stay on the tropical feeling side. a couple of spotty showers linger on the dopplar 12 network. we have thunderstorms flaring up. some areas may pick up a couple of inches of rain. half inch, we are doing things right here. we talk about the weekend forecast coming up. matt? >> pavement is wet out there. things are looking pretty good.

there. >> thank you. milwaukee police are searching for a ten-year-old boy. he was last seen 28th and glendale. he's four feet tall and weighs about 70 pounds. we have posted his photo on twitter and facebook so share it and help spread the word. >> to rio de janeiro now where the world's top athletes are facing off in the 2016 olympic games. the u.s. is still leading the medal count. american athletes have won 16 gold medals, 12 silver and 10 bronze. that's 38 total. china still holding onto second with 11 gold medals and a total of 30. japan has earned 22 medals, including 7 gold. and australia comes in 4th with 5 gold medals and a total of 15. tim?

celebrating family in a big way is a way of life, and their secret is getting out. wisn 12 news' nigel robertson is at rio's olympic park with an inside look at eating brazilian style. >> tim, i hope you have had breakfast, if you didn't you are going to really hungry after this. it is not what you are eating, it's how. meet jean boschetti, he knows what authentic brazilian cooking is all about. >> when we are celebrating something, birthday, anniversary come back from the church in the morning, we set up a fire pit and we cook around the fire. what used to be outdoor fire pits is now meat skewered and turning slowly in an industrial sized oven. >> white wine and mint and lamb chop. here at fogo de ch?o in rio de janeiro. he remembers his grandmother setting out plates of veggies and salads, and his grandfather bringing the variety of meats

my grandson likes the chicken, my granddaugher likes the lamb so that is why i think it becomes all the variety. actually all the brazilians they love meat. rodrigo deborba lives in rio. he says he grew up eating this way too. now he is raising his daughter with this same style of cooking and eating. when dining they say think of it like a car engine, first gear, your light foods salads and so on, second gear starches, and the third gear the all important meat. most of the people, yes, you start with the greens just so you feel less guilty. but not for me. we are told this style of eating becomes a family affair. from youngest to oldest, everyone enjoys different plates but enjoys it all together. life is good here in brazil and that is the message they want to spread to the west of the world. live at the summer olympic games in rio, i'm nigel robertson.

>>s the mostly salt and pepper and the flavor is coming from cooking the meat nice and slow. it is delicious, that is true. >> a wild ride from ohio to las vegas. >> a monkey on a plane and there is the security video from the tsa to prove it. there is a check point in columbus, the monkey is perched there. no one told the airlines about the monkey the owner showed papers proving it is a therapy animal and so they both legally travelled together. >> a couple of buddies on vacation. he's so tiny. >> that is a way to keep the kids on the plane in order a little bit.

something that we are liking in the forecast, rain. we need the rain. there is a plus and a little down side to the forecast, plus side, we need the rain. we could soem up an inch or two easily. the down side, it could be quick hitting showers and storms and dumping torrential rains in a short time the totals could top two inches in a few of the pockets across the area. it is a sticky one out there. a little fog hanging on the east side. a little bit of day light cutting through. 77 degrees in the city. that dew point is really sticky out there. temperatures to start off

waukesha. mainly because a lot of clouds around. we had a few showers moving through overnight. just a couple of sprinkles out there right now. let's talk about the rain over the next 24 hours. sh the afternoon. when you see the red or the darker purples that is heavy rain and we have the concern for maybe some ponding on the roadways, localized street flooding with the storms moving through, again they are beneficial rains for us here in southeast wisconsin. notice most of the rain is out of here by 7:00 a.m. on saturday and if we see severe rain, the main street is with the flash flooding.

and thunderstorms could produce is lightning. 80 degrees today. that number is common here for the next several days. low 80s saturday and sunday. less humid by sunday and high of 82. back to you. jeremy. thank you. >> three college students are found after disappearing in a cave in arkansas. they started to explore the cave on wednesday night and didn't return. the crews started search the yesterday afternoon and parts of the cave are very narrow and can be slippery. it is unclear if the students were hurt. >> also, new, a florida man has a new scar after a python takes a bite out of him. he was sitting on a porch when it happened and he wasn't sure what happened. >> i don't remember actually grabbing like a snake, but when

out, i screamed and ripped it off of my hip, and it just kept coming out. >> ripped it from the flank of his body. that snake is not native to florida. >> if your ride to work goes notice the cops on roof tops, police officers are raised money for special olympics wisconsin and on the roof tops of 46 dunkin' donuts in wisconsin. the special olympics is near and dear to her heart and has an uncle from special needs and benefits from the program. >> not only the team work with

how they come together and the bonds that we form with those with special needs. >> last year cops on roof tops raised $41,000. they are hoping to beat that record this year. get this, every customer who makes a donation, gets a coupon for a medium coffee. can't beat that. >> iced coffee will go quicker today. >> yes. >> thousands of people flocking to wisconsin this weekend. the festival getting national attention. >> plus, the potus revealing the favorite songs of the summer, we

>> new t largest drugstore chain storts a mobile payment >> they are going to start accepting the cvs app. the drugstore integrated the payment options into the smartphone app. cvs app pay is becoming effectively immediately.

to improve the stores that are staying up and building up the online options. they are saying the announcement will be made on the stores that are closing at the end of the fiscal year. >> delta is once again flying at full speed, 2000 flights were cancelled on monday. delta is trying to ease the pain and offering vou delayed for more than three hours. >> changes are coming to mac books. the new computers have a thinner body and a touch screen for function keys. apple is not expected to introduce the mac books next month and usually unveil those with the latest iphones. >> wisn 12 news time now is

>> good morning. welcome to "12 news this morning." i'm toya washington. >> i'm tim elliott. we are in the news room and watching the milwaukee county and some in racine county as well. no word if they are weather related. >> rain has been moving through overnight. we are looking at the radar and tracking the conditions. traffic watch matt salemme is on deck. first we are starting with jeremy nelson. >> the weather is damp.